|
In 1588 Philip II sent a massive naval armada to invade England. The English, however, with the help of the weather and the Dutch, dispersed and destroyed the Spanish fleet. Spain never fully recovered from this defeat.
Armada is the official way to refer to the Spanish Navy. The Armada has a history of sucess, begining with the discovering of America by Cristobal Colón, or Christopher Colombus, in 1492.
Today's Armada is a modern navy with ships as aircraft carriers, modern frigates (F-100 class) with the Aegis system, F-80 frigates, F-70 frigates, Anphibious ships and plenty of other smaller ships, including a oceanographic research ship. Spanish Marine Corps, called Infantería de Marina belongs to Armada too.
|
